A Tribute to THE CURE

Jesu, The Dandy Warhols, Bat for Lashes and Gangi are among the 32 artists have covered songs by The Cure for a new double disc tribute album, entitled “Perfect As Cats: A Tribute to The Cure“. The CD is due out on October 28 via the Los Angeles-based indie label Manimal, and will benefit the Invisible Children organisation.

You can listen to the tracks and find out more details about the artists and the charity at myspace.com/perfectascats, and here’s the effort’s complete tracklist:

  • CD 1:
    Xu Xu Fang – “Fascination Street”
    Bat for Lashes – “A Forest”
    Hecuba – “Killing an Arab”
    Astrid Quay of Winter Flowers – “The Caterpillar”
    Indian Jewelry – “The Walk”
    Rainbow Arabia – “Six Different Ways”
    We Are the World – “Why Can’t I Be You?”
    Blackblack – “In Between Days”
    Rio en Medio – “Pictures of You”
    Gangi – “Fire in Cairo”
    Joker’s Daughter – “Kyoto Song”
    Aquaserge & Laure Briard – “10.15 Saturday Night” (French version)
    The Muslims – “Grinding Halt”
    Voyager One – “M”
    Ex-Reverie – “The Hanging Garden”
    Caroline Weeks of Bat for Lashes – “The Drowning Man”
    Devastations – “All Cats Are Gray”
  • CD 2:
    The Dandy Warhols – “Primary”
    Veil Veil Vanish – “The Upstairs Room”
    Wolkfin (ex-Junior Senior) – “Charlotte Sometimes”
    Army Navy – “Jumping Someone Else’s Train”
    Ich bin Aiko – “A Strange Day”
    Lemon Sun – “The Exploding Boy”
    Corridor – “The Kiss”
    Katrine Ottosen – “The Love Cats”
    Silver Summit – “A Night Like This”
    Mariee Sioux – “Love Song”
    Kaki King – “Close to Me”
    Buddy – “Sugar Girl”
    Les Bicyclettes Blanches – “Hot Hot Hot!”
    Tara Busch – “Let’s Go to Bed”
    Jesu – “The Funeral Party”
    Sarabeth Tucek – “Three Imaginary Boys”
    Lewis & Clarke – “Disintegration”
  • Source: uncut.co.uk